10-01-2008, 06:27 AM
Everything seemed to be going along normally. I left my MacPro running and watched a TV show. when I went back to the computer it had shut down and the blue LED in my OWC external FW drive was flashing madly, so I turned it off.
I restarted and when the boot was complete I turned on the external drive and it was quickly recognized, but I then noticed that one of my internal hard drive icons was missing from the desktop.
The drive was visible in DU, so I ran Disk Utility's Verify & Repair and got the following message: Invalid node structure
Volume check failed
Error: File system verify or repair failed
All of a sudden, my system shut down as I sat there. The TV which is on another outlet, the room lights and the rest of the house weren't affected, seeming to rule out a brief power outage??? But that's what it seemed like.
My computer, monitor etc. are plugged into a large Belkin UPS, which is fairly new. I don't know what my next step is, for the moment my computer is running normally (I hope).
I don't know what to do about the 300gb Maxtor drive which, for the moment seems to be out of commission or dead forever.
I'm worried about the other drives. Should I be? Any way to check?
I'll gladly accept any helpful ideas because I've never faced this problem before, that I can remember. (I say that because, no doubt, BGnR will probably remind me that 10 years ago I posted the about same problem)
It's been one of those days where one mechanical device after another crapped out on me. Please, help! :banghead:
TIA,
GeneL
I restarted and when the boot was complete I turned on the external drive and it was quickly recognized, but I then noticed that one of my internal hard drive icons was missing from the desktop.
The drive was visible in DU, so I ran Disk Utility's Verify & Repair and got the following message: Invalid node structure
Volume check failed
Error: File system verify or repair failed
All of a sudden, my system shut down as I sat there. The TV which is on another outlet, the room lights and the rest of the house weren't affected, seeming to rule out a brief power outage??? But that's what it seemed like.
My computer, monitor etc. are plugged into a large Belkin UPS, which is fairly new. I don't know what my next step is, for the moment my computer is running normally (I hope).
I don't know what to do about the 300gb Maxtor drive which, for the moment seems to be out of commission or dead forever.
I'm worried about the other drives. Should I be? Any way to check?
I'll gladly accept any helpful ideas because I've never faced this problem before, that I can remember. (I say that because, no doubt, BGnR will probably remind me that 10 years ago I posted the about same problem)
It's been one of those days where one mechanical device after another crapped out on me. Please, help! :banghead:
TIA,
GeneL